最初命名為 Xenodexia ctenolepis:
ZooBank:334F245A-39FA-4712-9C07-95A5D13D0D86.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1950. "Studies of cyprinodont Fishes. XX. A new subfamily from Guatemala, with ctenoid scales and a unilateral pectoral clasper". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (78):1-28 (ffm00046) (摘要)
保育: Xenodexia ctenolepis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (DD) 資料缺乏 (2018). The aquatic habitats in the area where Xenodexia ctenolepis inhabits remain to our day in a good state of conservation.